St. Landry democrat., 1887-03-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.

ration day the new President of tn
Senate, and the probable extra sessio
of the Senate are the matters that hav
the past week.
The President is anxious to avoi
asking the Senate to remain in sessio
after the fourth of March, but whe
asked whether he would be ready t.
submit the important nominations upon
which he desired its action in time t.
obviate such necessity, he replied
that it was impossible for him to tell
The Interstate Commerce nomina
tons have given him much perplexity
and now the question has been raised
rs to his Constitutional right to ap
point to a newly created office which i.
to be filled by and with the advice anC
consent of the Senate, while the Senate
is not in session. 1t is held by certain
Senators that the power by which the
President fills vacancies which have
occurred during a vacation cannot be
applied to the filling of newly made
office.
1t seems that Mr.. White, ex-presi-
dent of Cornell University and ex-
Minister to Berlin, was much ANNOYED
that the correspondence between the
President and himself in relation to his
taking place On the Interstate Com
mission should have been made known
to the public. He says the President
merely wrote him letter asking if his
name could be considered in making
up the Commission. 1t is understood
that Mr.. White would really have
liked to accept the place but was dis
shaded by friends on the assumption
that the Commissioners will fail to
satisfy either the people or the rail-
roads, and 4hat however able they may
be, they must inevitably incur the
charge of incompetency.
On the Republican side of the Senate
Chamber there are four men each whom
would do credit to dime museum as
the living skeleton. They are Senators
Ingalls,, Sherman, Malone and Evarts.
The longest and lankest of them all is
the gentleman from Kansas, who has
just been sworn in as president of the |
Senate in place of Mr.. Sherman. the |
next most attenuated member of the |
auartette. Mr.. Ingalls, is as stiff and
studied as it is possible to imagine. and
upon taking the yice-president's chair
he made a characteristic little speech
in honor of the retiring Senator with
which he (Mr. Ingalls, looked well
pleased. Beginning with burst of
modesty he said he must inevitably suf-
fer dlsparagement by comparison with
the learning and parliamentary skill:
the urbanity and accomplishments of
his illustrious predecessor, but he
would strive to equal him in devotion
to the duty imposed upon him, etc,
which all of them promise
There was an exciting scene in the
House OF Representatives on the day
that it voted to sustain the Presidents
veto of the Pauper Pension bill. The
galleries were crowded to their utmost :
with spectators who listened
eagerly to all that was said, and took +
part in the demonstrations of approval
and disapproval. q
Among the notable speeches made !
was one by Gen. Bragg of Wisconsin. :
who opened for the Democratic side, >
He began by saying that it was time !,
tor the Members of the House to get :;
,ut of the roseate bubble in which I
hey lived in Washington, prepared for II
hem by claim agents, and look after q
he Interests of the real soldier. They Q
lad drlfted along impeled by a species q
II sympathetic impulse, regardless of ).
'eason or Judgment, until the period Il
vas reached which eliminated in the II
,fesentatlon and passage of the most q
bills which had ever been o
ent to a President for signature. The n
'eople of the country, without regard t.
O party, had every reason to be thank q
I'll that this bill had been placed be- a.
ore an Executive who had backbone SC
nOugh to meet the situation. The st
seneral had proceeded but short time u
7hen Gen. Henderson, of Iowa. hoping
. excite him, inquired contemptuonsly.
Do you stand by the Presidents p Mr.
'ragg coolly replied that no staff com
llssary could excite him, he was sneak
~ for what he considered the soldiers
1terest.
The first fashionable season which n
ne mistress Of the White house has pe
zen 10 her present position, closed vi
eek ago. One feature of it at least W
worthy OF note. OF the innumerable ca
rinted and spoken comments made tn
sspectlng her. she herself says there 10
az not been one hyper-critical remark M
iat reached her. On the contrary thew th
ave been complimentary and kindly ar
the highest degree. When If is ra, w
moered that Mrs. Cleveland, without ia !
1lpeTiehce, entered upon the most To-
mcuIt social duty that woman could no
tempt, and that she is the Youngest otl
lstfess that the. Presidential Mansion tn
er mad trusting solely to her own po
Instincts, good breeding and
s ou ~, neall' 10 Is not speaking too ah
,ohsly 70 say tfiat her success has